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- 1. Multiple Choice
An underground holding pool for hot magma is called (C19)
chamber
crust
mantle
magma chamber
- 2. Multiple Choice
Scientists use a _______ to measure earthquake waves. (C14)
plates
earthquake
seismograph
fault
- 3. Multiple Choice
A vibration of the Earth's crust is an ________ (C12)
magma
earthquake
epicenter
volcano
- 4. Multiple Choice
A large basin that can form at the top of a volcano is a _______(C20)
crater
magma chamber
vent
lava
- 5. Multiple Choice
Most of the magma from a volcano comes up through a long, narrow, rocky tube called a ______. (C18)
magma chamber
crust
vent
focus
- 6. Multiple Choice
_____ is melted rock that flows out onto Earth's surface. (C18)
mantle
magma
crust
lava
- 7. Multiple Choice
If you somehow dug down to Earth's center, the first two layers you would pass through are the ______ and ______. (C6)
crust and mantle
mantle and core
core and crust
crust and basement
- 8. Multiple Choice
Hot melted rock that is underground is called _______.(C18)
core
lava
fault
magma
- 9. Multiple Choice
The deepest layer of the earth is called (C6)
mantle
crust
core
basement
- 10. Multiple Choice
The point on Earth's surface that is directly above an earthquake's focus is the ______. (C13)
epicenter
plates
fault
seismograph
- 11. Multiple Choice
Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into several continent-sized slabs called _____. (C8)
crust
plates
core
epicenter
- 12. Multiple Choice
A mountain that forms from lava is called _____. (c18)
lava
magma
focus
volcano
- 13. Multiple Choice
The _____ of an earthquake is the point underground where the movement of the earthquake first takes place. (C13)
Focus
plates
fault
epicenter
- 14. Multiple Choice
A break in the crust along which rocks move is a _____. (C12)
mantle
fault
volcano
lava
- 15. Draw
Label the 3 layers of the earth. (core, crust, mantle)
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- 16. Multiple Choice
When a volcano collapses into itself at the top, it forms a ______.
crater
magma chamber
plate
vent
- 17. Multiple Choice
The layer of earth that is the hottest is the _____.
mantle
inner core
outer core
crust
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which is NOT a type of volcano? (C19)
Shield Volcano
Cinder Cone Volcano
Composite Volcano
Chocolate Volcano
- 19. Multiple Choice
Volcanoes can be useful to people because volcanoes
add minerals to the soil
spread ash
send out lava and gases that are very hot
cause huge waves
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